Compelling stories, global perspectives.
Our #TIFF22 Contemporary World Cinema, presented by Sun Life, has over 50 carefully curated films by established filmmakers and talent from all corners of the world. In this lineup is the World Premiere of Nandita Das’ third feature, Zwigato, where she continues to train her sharp sociopolitical gaze on the gig economy.
#TIFF22 Contemporary World Cinema
Aftersun
Charlotte Wells | United Kingdom, USA
North American Premiere
Alam
Firas Khoury | , Palestine, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar
World Premiere
Amanda
Carolina Cavalli | Italy
International Premiere
Ashkal
Youssef Chebbi | , Tunisia, Qatar
North American Premiere
Autobiography
Makbul Mubarak | Indonesia, , Singapore, Poland, Philippines, , Qatar
North American Premiere
Beyond the Wall (Shab, Dkheli, Divar)
Vahid Jalilvand | Iran
North American Premiere
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Pierre Földes | , Luxembourg, Canada, Netherlands 🇨🇦
International Premiere
Bones of Crows
Marie Clements | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
Coyote (Le Coyote)
Katherine Jerkovic | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
Domingo and the Mist (Domingo y la Niebla)
Ariel Escalante Meza | Costa Rica, Qatar
North American Premiere
El agua
Elena López Riera | Switzerland, Spain,
North American Premiere
The End of Sex
Sean Garrity | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
EO
Jerzy Skolimowski | Poland, Italy
North American Premiere
Falcon Lake
Charlotte Le Bon | Canada 🇨🇦
North American Premiere
Fixation
Mercedes Bryce Morgan | Canada, USA, 🇨🇦
World Premiere
Godland (Vanskabte Land/Volaða Land)
Hlynur Pálmason | Denmark, Iceland, , Sweden
Canadian Premiere
The Happiest Man in the World
Teona Strugar Mitevska | North Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Denmark, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
North American Premiere
The Hotel
Wang Xiaoshuai | Hong Kong
World Premiere
La Jauría
Andrés Ramírez Pulido | Colombia,
North American Premiere
Life (Жизнь)
Emir Baigazin | Kazakhstan
World Premiere
Living
Oliver Hermanus | United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere
Love and Mathematics (Amor y matemáticas)
Claudia Sainte-Luce | Mexico
World Premiere
Love Life
Koji Fukada | Japan,
North American Premiere
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Antonio Lukich | Ukraine
North American Premiere
The Maiden
Graham Foy | Canada 🇨🇦
North American Premiere
Manticore (Mantícora)
Carlos Vermut | Spain
North American Premiere
Muru
Tearepa Kahi | New Zealand
International Premiere
My Sailor, My Love
Klaus Hӓrӧ | Finland, Ireland
World Premiere
Nightalk
Donald Shebib | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
North of Normal
Carly Stone | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
The Origin of Evil
Sébastien Marnier | , Canada
North American Premiere
Plan 75
Chie Hayakawa | Japan, , Philippines, Qatar
North American Premiere
Return to Dust
Li Ruijun | China
North American Premiere
R.M.N.
Cristian Mungiu | Romania,
North American Premiere
So Much Tenderness
Lina Rodriguez | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
Stellar
Darlene Naponse | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
Stonewalling
Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka | Japan
North American Premiere
The Swearing Jar
Lindsay MacKay | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
The Umbrella Men
John Barker | South Africa
International Premiere
Under the Fig Trees
Erige Sehiri | Tunisia, Switzerland, , Qatar
North American Premiere
Valeria Is Getting Married
Michal Vinik | Israel
North American Premiere
Victim (OBEŤ)
Michal Blaško | Slovak Republic, Czech Republic,
North American Premiere
Vicenta B.
Carlos Lechuga | Cuba, , USA, Colombia, Norway
World Premiere
War Sailor (Krigsseileren)
Gunnar Vikene | Norway, , Malta
International Premiere
We Are Still Here
Beck Cole, Dena Curtis, Tracey Rigney, Danielle MacLean, Tim Worrall, Renae Maihi, Miki Magasiva, Mario Gaoa, Richard Curtis, Chantelle Burgoyne | Australia, New Zealand
International Premiere
Wildflower
Matt Smukler | USA
World Premiere
Winter Boy (Le Lycéen)
Christophe Honoré |
World Premiere
The Worst Ones
Romane Gueret, Lise Akoka |
North American Premiere
Zwigato
Nandita Das | India
World Premiere
Add our Contemporary World Cinema titles to your Watchlist and check out more Official Selection titles coming to the 47th annual Toronto International Film Festival. For ticket information visit tiff.net/tickets.
See you September 8–18!
